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Current Status | Training Programs | Social Network Support

Title   Social Network Support
Developed by   Fundació IMIM, Balcelona, Spain
Félix Díaz, Silvia Rosado, Eithne Ní Laocha, Paz Flores and Roser Izquierdo
Target Group  

People who have used or are still using mental health services.
Aim of training  
  • To learn about social support and its relation with stress and mental health
  • To learn of assessment and response to the user’s social support needs with severe mental disorder
  • To learn to recognize and challenge the negative beliefs and social behaviour of rejection toward the user with severe mental disorder
  • To get to know the obstacles the user copes in order to play the social roles more appreciated (friend, partner, mother/father, etc.), as well as to explore strategies to break down such barriers
  • To think and to put in practice initiatives by means of which the user can increase his level of commitment and social implication in the community
Length  

5 modules each lasting 5 hours
Overall purpose of training  

To equip to the user with tools for the construction of a sensitive and effective social network, as well as to belong to such network of an active and significant way.
Trainers  

A team of trainers.
     

 

 

 

 

 

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